English abstract
In March 2014, while recording finds in the Ministry of Heritage and Culture in al-Khuwair, artefacts unexpectedly came to light reportedly from al-Juba in Oman's Bar al-Ḥikmān, in al-Wusṭa Governorate, until recently an archaeologically little-researched part of the Sultanate. Some of the pieces could be attributed to the Samad LIA or perhaps the PIR, both from the centuries at the turning point of the ages from BCE to CE. Such finds have never before come to light in this part of Oman. Samad LIA sites are generally located some 220 km to the north on the southern flank of the al-Ḥajjar mountains in a zone c.160 x 105 km in area. Diagnostic pottery finds spread from Wadi Bānī Ruwāhah (UTM 40Q 620570 m E, 2561848 m N) eastwards to the coast, a smaller area than previously believed.
